Background of Delft
The origins of Delft are found in the Middle East. Tin ash was used in a glaze for pottery as early as the 9th century in Mesopotamia. Using white glaze over a dark or buff-colored pottery body created a “canvas” on which painters could show brilliant colors that did not appear well on the earlier pottery’s darker bodies.
Background of Polychrome Delft
Beginning in the last quarter of the 16th century, Italian artisans introduced tin-glazed pottery painted in polychrome colors into the Netherlands. The defining characteristics of this pottery are a paste that is cream to light buff-colored and decoration that includes geometric, floral, figural, and Chinese motifs painted in iron-red (orange), blue, green, and yellow.
Background of Fazackerley
Painted in brilliant blue, green, yellow, and dark purple or brown, the name Fazackerley has been given to this type of Liverpool decoration since a mug painted in these colors and inscribed “t.F.1757” is said to have been made at the pot works at Shaw’s Brow and presented to Mr. Thomas Fazackerley by a Liverpool potter. Fazackerley decorated plates have been found at Colonial Williamsburg.
For a beautiful color image, see British Delft at Williamsburg by John C. Austin pg. 50
For additional information on Fazakerley Delft, see “English Delftware in the Bristol Collection” by Frank Briton and “Fair as China Dishes English Delftware” by Michael Archer and Brian Morgan.
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